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      Prof. Lin William Cong

      Prof. Lin William Cong

      President's Chair Professor (Finance, Computing and Data Science), Associate Dean (NBS), Founding Director of GIFTS

      Nanyang Technological University

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      Lin William Cong is the President’s Chair Professor at Nanyang Technological University, with
      joint appointments at Nanyang Business School (Associate Dean and Professor in Finance),
      the College of Computing and Data Science (Professor in Data Science and AI), and the Global
      Institute of Finance, Technology, and Society (GIFTS founding director). Previously, he served
      as the Rudd Family Endowed Chair Professor of Management and Finance at Cornell
      University, and as a Finance professor at the University of Chicago. He is an editor or
      associate editor at leading Management Science and Finance journals, a faculty scientist at
      the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies & Contracts (IC3), a research associate or senior fellow at
      the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), European Centre of Economic Policy
      Research (CEPR), and the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER).

      Cong’s research spans finance, digital economics, information economics, AI, FinTech, digital
      economy, and entrepreneurship, and has been featured in Bloomberg, CNN, the Economist,
      Washington Post, etc. His team has pioneered AI for Finance, Economic World Models, information design in
      finance, and has laid the foundations of tokenomics, economic world models, blockchain
      economics, and oracle economics, behavioral economics of AI, and has developed data
      analytics for detecting market manipulation and better FinTech regulation, among others.
      Cong is one of the most published and cited FinTech researchers, a top 5 young economist
      ranked by IDEA, and a top 5 highest cited financial theorist among all those graduated in the
      21st century. His research has been recognized with over 100 conference best paper prizes
      and competitive grants. He has also been invited to deliver keynote speeches at numerous
      international conferences and to advise various startups, investment firms, and non-profit
      organizations, including serving as the inaugural Senior Economist at Chainlink and the Chief
      Scientist at HoloBit. He has also been an advisor or trainer for government agencies such as
      Asset Management Association of China, the SEC, U.S. Department of Justice and Department
      of Treasury, New York State Superintendent’s Office and Department of Financial Services,
      and the Bank of Canada.

      Cong earned a Ph.D. in Finance and a MS in Statistics from Stanford University. He also holds
      dual degrees from Harvard University where he graduated summa cum laude and top in the
      Physics department (perfect GPA), with an A.M. in Physics, an A.B. in Math & Physics, a minor
      in Economics, and a language citation in French.

      Speaking at SFF 2026